Oooooh yeaaah........, she's a real beaut! Been outdoors, uncovered, for MANY, MANY moons! But this bitch will run again! It is my mission to bust every bolt & clamp and replace them all with zip ties, duct tape, and....... oh yes........wood! Wood & ATV's are just a natural combo. Trees are made of wood. I run them over, yet they complete my machine! BWWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAH!!

Poconoeagle wrote:The back rest is sticking up there..... way big turns, lots of .......jewles on the throttle

I once got my slightly modified Polaris XCR600 up to 115 indicated, once. ONCE was enuf... A gust of wind almost flipped me up and over backwards. The skis were off the ground from 100 to 115! Steer by leaning into it, Yee-HAAA! Well it gave me bragging rights to say "Been there, done that". I don't often mention I drove straight home and changed my shorts

The scariest part was that my brother was trying to keep up with me on his 500. My sled kicked up a fantail that must've been over 50ft high, so all he said he saw was a complete Whiteout of snow in front of him. When I slowed down after the run, he never saw me. All I remember is seeing him shoot by me at about 80mph, and I swear his handlebar brushed my jacket. THAT was too close to call. Oh, those were the days of Beer and stupidity

Hasn't run for at least 5 years or more & has been outside uncovered (as you can see... ). I had to bust every bolt holding the plastic on, then tweak the plastic airbox lid so I could cut the speed nut out with a dremel to get into the GIGANTIC MOUSE NEST inside! After I yanked out about 40 feet of stitching from somebody's couch or bench seat, I found the air filter (a K & N !) which was sitting in 4" of mouse *censored* & piss.....I can feel the eeeebola invading my lungs!

Then had to cut off the 2 clamps & yank the carb out, disassemble that without stripping screws, & clean every single jet & air passage in there. Once I finished that, I had to take apart the thumb throttle housing & grease it up, put spring on the correct way, lube frozen cable, then grind down a nub which is supposed to center the throttle housing on the handlebar .......... when installed on the correct machine.

After that, I sprayed ether directly into the cylinder for a spark test & it lit off in 1 kick! GOT SPARK!

THEN, I grabbed my home-made fuel bottle ( an upside-down brake fluid container with a fitting jammed & sealed in cap ) hooked it up, turned on the gas ( without airbox hooked up ) & after about 5 kicks, the bitch started running! It blew apart the head pipe & silencer due to disintegration from rust . Was shooting an occasional blue/white flame from the pipe because of the airbox being disconnected & possibly my zip-tie isn't sealing the carb up too good to the intake boot. Who cares! It's a runner!

Hasn't run for at least 5 years or more & has been outside uncovered (as you can see... ). I had to bust every bolt holding the plastic on, then tweak the plastic airbox lid so I could cut the speed nut out with a dremel to get into the GIGANTIC MOUSE NEST inside! After I yanked out about 40 feet of stitching from somebody's couch or bench seat, I found the air filter (a K & N !) which was sitting in 4" of mouse *censored* & piss.....I can feel the eeeebola invading my lungs!

Then had to cut off the 2 clamps & yank the carb out, disassemble that without stripping screws, & clean every single jet & air passage in there. Once I finished that, I had to take apart the thumb throttle housing & grease it up, put spring on the correct way, lube frozen cable, then grind down a nub which is supposed to center the throttle housing on the handlebar .......... when installed on the correct machine.

After that, I sprayed ether directly into the cylinder for a spark test & it lit off in 1 kick! GOT SPARK!

THEN, I grabbed my home-made fuel bottle ( an upside-down brake fluid container with a fitting jammed & sealed in cap ) hooked it up, turned on the gas ( without airbox hooked up ) & after about 5 kicks, the bitch started running! It blew apart the head pipe & silencer due to disintegration from rust . Was shooting an occasional blue/white flame from the pipe because of the airbox being disconnected & possibly my zip-tie isn't sealing the carb up too good to the intake boot. Who cares! It's a runner!